Question

1. a recent study examined the effects of temperature change on developing coral embryos. normal temperature in the caribbean sea during the spawning season is 27.5°c. the data table shows the development 16 hours after fertilization of three groups of embryos at different temperatures. effects of temperature on developing coral embryos which statement explains the relationship between temperature and the growth and development of coral embryos?

Explanation:

The data shows that as temperature changes (from the normal \(27.5^{\circ}C\) to \(29.0^{\circ}C\) and \(31.5^{\circ}C\)), the number of embryos with normal and irregular shapes changes. This indicates that the environment (temperature, a part of the embryo's environment) can cause changes during development. The other options are incorrect: there is no data about genes being mutated or developing independently of the environment, and temperature changes do not result in a larger number of developing embryos (the total number of embryos in each group is not increasing, just the proportion of normal - shaped ones is changing).

Answer:

An embryo's environment can cause changes during development.